People will not (A)break bread in mourning for them, to comfort anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone’s father or mother.

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They will not pour out drink offerings of (A)wine to the Lord,
(B)Nor will [a]their sacrifices please Him.
Their bread will be to them like [b]mourners’ bread;
All who eat it will be (C)defiled,
Because their bread will be for [c]themselves alone;
It will not enter the house of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:4 Or they offer to Him their
  2. Hosea 9:4 Lit bread of mourning
  3. Hosea 9:4 Lit their soul

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